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@setfilename gnus-faq.info
@settitle Frequently Asked Questions
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@node Frequently Asked Questions
@section Frequently Asked Questions
also subscribe to the list by sending a blank email to
@email{faq-discuss-subscribe@@my.gnus.org, faq-discuss-subscribe@@my.gnus.org}
and @uref{http://mail1.kens.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-browse?command=monthbythread%26list=faq-discuss, browse
-the archive}.
+the archive (BROKEN)}.
@node FAQ - Changes
@subheading Changes
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Updated FAQ to reflect release of Gnus 5.10 and start of
-No Gnus development.
+2008-06-15: Adjust for message-fill-column. Add x-face-file.
+Clarify difference between ding and gnu.emacs.gnus. Remove
+reference to discontinued service.
+
+@item
+2006-04-15: Added tip on how to delete sent buffer on exit.
@end itemize
@node FAQ - Introduction
@subsection Installation FAQ
@menu
-* [1.1]:: What is the latest version of Gnus?
-* [1.2]:: What's new in 5.10?
-* [1.3]:: Where and how to get Gnus?
-* [1.4]:: What to do with the tarball now?
-* [1.5]:: I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus, what
- are those?
-* [1.6]:: Which version of Emacs do I need?
-* [1.7]:: How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
+* FAQ 1-1:: What is the latest version of Gnus?
+* FAQ 1-2:: What's new in 5.10?
+* FAQ 1-3:: Where and how to get Gnus?
+* FAQ 1-4:: What to do with the tarball now?
+* FAQ 1-5:: I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus,
+ what are those?
+* FAQ 1-6:: Which version of Emacs do I need?
+* FAQ 1-7:: How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
@end menu
-@node [1.1]
+@node FAQ 1-1
@subsubheading Question 1.1
What is the latest version of Gnus?
Jingle please: Gnus 5.10 is released, get it while it's
hot! As well as the step in version number is rather
small, Gnus 5.10 has tons of new features which you
-shouldn't miss. The current release (5.10.6) should be at
+shouldn't miss. The current release (5.13) should be at
least as stable as the latest release of the 5.8 series.
-@node [1.2]
+@node FAQ 1-2
@subsubheading Question 1.2
What's new in 5.10?
a complex trn-style thread tree.
@end itemize
-@node [1.3]
+@node FAQ 1-3
@subsubheading Question 1.3
Where and how to get Gnus?
@subsubheading Answer
-The latest released version of Gnus isn't included in
-Emacs 21, therefor you should get the Gnus tarball from
+Gnus is released independent from releases of Emacs and XEmacs.
+Therefore, the version bundled with Emacs or the version in XEmacs'
+package system might not be up to date (e.g. Gnus 5.9 bundled with Emacs
+21 is outdated).
+You can get the latest released version of Gnus from
@uref{http://www.gnus.org/dist/gnus.tar.gz}
or via anonymous FTP from
@uref{ftp://ftp.gnus.org/pub/gnus/gnus.tar.gz}.
-If you use XEmacs instead of Emacs you can use XEmacs'
-package system instead.
-@node [1.4]
+@node FAQ 1-4
@subsubheading Question 1.4
What to do with the tarball now?
before this line, on MS Windows use something like
"C:/path/to/lisp" (yes, "/").
-@node [1.5]
+@node FAQ 1-5
@subsubheading Question 1.5
I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus,
not 5.11, the odd version numbers are normally used for
the Gnus versions bundled with Emacs)
-@node [1.6]
+@node FAQ 1-6
@subsubheading Question 1.6
Which version of Emacs do I need?
@subsubheading Answer
-Gnus 5.10 requires an Emacs version that is greater
-than or equal to Emacs 20.7 or XEmacs 21.1. The
-development versions of Gnus (aka No Gnus) require Emacs
-21 or XEmacs 21.4.
+Gnus 5.10 requires an Emacs version that is greater than or equal
+to Emacs 20.7 or XEmacs 21.1.
+The development versions of Gnus (aka No Gnus) requires Emacs 21
+or XEmacs 21.4.
-@node [1.7]
+@node FAQ 1-7
@subsubheading Question 1.7
How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
@subsection Startup / Group buffer
@menu
-* [2.1]:: Every time I start Gnus I get a message "Gnus auto-save
- file exists. Do you want to read it?", what does this mean and
- how to prevent it?
-* [2.2]:: Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to,
- what's this?
-* [2.3]:: How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
-* [2.4]:: My group buffer becomes a bit crowded, is there a way to
- sort my groups into categories so I can easier browse through
- them?
-* [2.5]:: How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to
- sort the groups in a topic?
+* FAQ 2-1:: Every time I start Gnus I get a message "Gnus auto-save
+ file exists. Do you want to read it?", what does this mean and
+ how to prevent it?
+* FAQ 2-2:: Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to,
+ what's this?
+* FAQ 2-3:: How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
+* FAQ 2-4:: My group buffer becomes a bit crowded, is there a way to
+ sort my groups into categories so I can easier browse through
+ them?
+* FAQ 2-5:: How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to
+ sort the groups in a topic?
@end menu
-@node [2.1]
+@node FAQ 2-1
@subsubheading Question 2.1
Every time I start Gnus I get a message "Gnus auto-save
via @samp{q} in group buffer instead of
just killing Emacs.
-@node [2.2]
+@node FAQ 2-2
@subsubheading Question 2.2
Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to,
starting Gnus, right? It's an other symptom for the same
problem, so read the answer above.
-@node [2.3]
+@node FAQ 2-3
@subsubheading Question 2.3
How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [2.4]
+@node FAQ 2-4
@subsubheading Question 2.4
My group buffer becomes a bit crowded, is there a way to
beginning of your gnus-group-line-format variable to have
the groups nicely indented.
-@node [2.5]
+@node FAQ 2-5
@subsubheading Question 2.5
How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to
@subsection Getting Messages
@menu
-* [3.1]:: I just installed Gnus, started it via @samp{M-x gnus}
- but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do?
-* [3.2]:: I'm working under Windows and have no idea what ~/.gnus.el
- means.
-* [3.3]:: My news server requires authentication, how to store user
- name and password on disk?
-* [3.4]:: Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to
- subscribe to a group.
-* [3.5]:: Gnus doesn't show all groups / Gnus says I'm not allowed
- to post on this server as well as I am, what's that?
-* [3.6]:: I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this
- possible?
-* [3.7]:: And how about local spool files?
-* [3.8]:: OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to read
- my mail with Gnus, too. How to do it?
-* [3.9]:: And what about IMAP?
-* [3.10]:: At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers, can
- I use Gnus to read my mail from it?
-* [3.11]:: Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server it
- retrieves via POP3?
+* FAQ 3-1:: I just installed Gnus, started it via @samp{M-x gnus}
+ but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do?
+* FAQ 3-2:: I'm working under Windows and have no idea what
+ ~/.gnus.el means.
+* FAQ 3-3:: My news server requires authentication, how to store
+ user name and password on disk?
+* FAQ 3-4:: Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to
+ subscribe to a group.
+* FAQ 3-5:: Gnus doesn't show all groups / Gnus says I'm not allowed
+ to post on this server as well as I am, what's that?
+* FAQ 3-6:: I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this
+ possible?
+* FAQ 3-7:: And how about local spool files?
+* FAQ 3-8:: OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to
+ read my mail with Gnus, too. How to do it?
+* FAQ 3-9:: And what about IMAP?
+* FAQ 3-10:: At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers,
+ can I use Gnus to read my mail from it?
+* FAQ 3-11:: Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server it
+ retrieves via POP3?
@end menu
-@node [3.1]
+@node FAQ 3-1
@subsubheading Question 3.1
I just installed Gnus, started it via
@end example
@noindent
-@node [3.2]
+@node FAQ 3-2
@subsubheading Question 3.2
I'm working under Windows and have no idea what ~/.gnus.el means.
@end example
@noindent
-in your autoexec.bat and reboot. Under NT, 2000 and XP,
-hit Winkey+Pause/Break to enter system options (if it
-doesn't work, go to Control Panel -> System). There you'll
-find the possibility to set environment variables, create
-a new one with name HOME and value C:\myhome, a reboot is
-not necessary.
+in your autoexec.bat and reboot. Under NT, 2000 and XP, hit
+Winkey+Pause/Break to enter system options (if it doesn't work, go
+to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced). There you'll find the
+possibility to set environment variables. Create a new one with
+name HOME and value C:\myhome. Rebooting is not necessary.
Now to create ~/.gnus.el, say
@samp{C-x C-f ~/.gnus.el RET C-x C-s}.
in Emacs.
-@node [3.3]
+@node FAQ 3-3
@subsubheading Question 3.3
My news server requires authentication, how to store
in a shell.)
-@node [3.4]
+@node FAQ 3-4
@subsubheading Question 3.4
Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to
you want to subscribe to and say @samp{u}
to subscribe to it.
-@node [3.5]
+@node FAQ 3-5
@subsubheading Question 3.5
Gnus doesn't show all groups / Gnus says I'm not allowed to
to the line for those servers in ~/.authinfo.
-@node [3.6]
+@node FAQ 3-6
@subsubheading Question 3.6
I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this possible?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [3.7]
+@node FAQ 3-7
@subsubheading Question 3.7
And how about local spool files?
@example
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
'(nnspool ""
- (nnspool-directory "/usr/local/myspoolddir")))
+ (nnspool-directory "/usr/local/myspoolddir")))
@end example
@noindent
You might have to specify more stuff like the program used
to post articles, see the Gnus manual on how to do this.
-@node [3.8]
+@node FAQ 3-8
@subsubheading Question 3.8
OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to read my mail
@example
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
'(add-to-list 'mail-sources
- '(directory :path "/path/to/procmail-dir/"
- :suffix ".prcml")))
+ '(directory :path "/path/to/procmail-dir/"
+ :suffix ".prcml")))
@end example
@noindent
@end example
@noindent
-@node [3.9]
+@node FAQ 3-9
@subsubheading Question 3.9
And what about IMAP?
@noindent
You might have to tweak the values for stream and/or
-authentification, see the Gnus manual node "Mail Source
+authentication, see the Gnus manual node "Mail Source
Specifiers" for possible values.
If you want to use IMAP the way it's intended, you've got to
@example
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
- '(nnimap "Give the baby a name"
- (nnimap-address "imap.yourProvider.net")
- (nnimap-port 143)
- (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*")))
+ '(nnimap "Give the baby a name"
+ (nnimap-address "imap.yourProvider.net")
+ (nnimap-port 143)
+ (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*")))
@end example
@noindent
server if Gnus can't guess the correct way, see the Manual
Node "IMAP" for detailed information.
-@node [3.10]
+@node FAQ 3-10
@subsubheading Question 3.10
At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers, can I use
activating IMAP on the server and follow the instructions
above.
-@node [3.11]
+@node FAQ 3-11
@subsubheading Question 3.11
Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server it
@subsection Reading messages
@menu
-* [4.1]:: When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to
- view them again?
-* [4.2]:: How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time I
- enter a group, even when it's read?
-* [4.3]:: How to view the headers of a message?
-* [4.4]:: How to view the raw unformatted message?
-* [4.5]:: How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at
- the top of the article buffer?
-* [4.6]:: I'd like Gnus NOT to render HTML-mails but show me the
- text part if it's available. How to do it?
-* [4.7]:: Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my
- HTML-mails?
-* [4.8]:: Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted mails
- more readable?
-* [4.9]:: Is there a way to automatically ignore posts by specific
- authors or with specific words in the subject? And can I highlight
- more interesting ones in some way?
-* [4.10]:: How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups,
- or set other variables specific for some groups?
-* [4.11]:: Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to
- those?
-* [4.12]:: The number of total messages in a group which Gnus
- displays in group buffer is by far to high, especially in mail
- groups. Is this a bug?
-* [4.13]:: I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer, how
- to change it? Perhaps even a three pane display?
-* [4.14]:: I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to
- tweak it?
-* [4.15]:: How to split incoming mails in several groups?
+* FAQ 4-1:: When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to
+ view them again?
+* FAQ 4-2:: How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time
+ I enter a group, even when it's read?
+* FAQ 4-3:: How to view the headers of a message?
+* FAQ 4-4:: How to view the raw unformatted message?
+* FAQ 4-5:: How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at
+ the top of the article buffer?
+* FAQ 4-6:: I'd like Gnus NOT to render HTML-mails but show me the
+ text part if it's available. How to do it?
+* FAQ 4-7:: Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my
+ HTML-mails?
+* FAQ 4-8:: Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted
+ mails more readable?
+* FAQ 4-9:: Is there a way to automatically ignore posts by specific
+ authors or with specific words in the subject? And can I
+ highlight more interesting ones in some way?
+* FAQ 4-10:: How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups,
+ or set other variables specific for some groups?
+* FAQ 4-11:: Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to
+ those?
+* FAQ 4-12:: The number of total messages in a group which Gnus
+ displays in group buffer is by far to high, especially in mail
+ groups. Is this a bug?
+* FAQ 4-13:: I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer,
+ how to change it? Perhaps even a three pane display?
+* FAQ 4-14:: I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to
+ tweak it?
+* FAQ 4-15:: How to split incoming mails in several groups?
@end menu
-@node [4.1]
+@node FAQ 4-1
@subsubheading Question 4.1
When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to view them again?
you can say @samp{^}, if you want to retrieve the whole thread
the message you're just reading belongs to, @samp{A T} is your friend.
-@node [4.2]
+@node FAQ 4-2
@subsubheading Question 4.2
How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time I
mark and set's unread mark) or @samp{M c}
(which deletes all marks for the message).
-@node [4.3]
+@node FAQ 4-3
@subsubheading Question 4.3
How to view the headers of a message?
@samp{t}
hides them again.
-@node [4.4]
+@node FAQ 4-4
@subsubheading Question 4.4
How to view the raw unformatted message?
@samp{g}
returns to normal view.
-@node [4.5]
+@node FAQ 4-5
@subsubheading Question 4.5
How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at
@example
(setq gnus-visible-headers
'("^From" "^Subject" "^Date" "^Newsgroups" "^Followup-To"
- "^User-Agent" "^X-Newsreader" "^X-Mailer"))
+ "^User-Agent" "^X-Newsreader" "^X-Mailer"))
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.6]
+@node FAQ 4-6
@subsubheading Question 4.6
I'd like Gnus NOT to render HTML-mails but show me the
too.
-@node [4.7]
+@node FAQ 4-7
@subsubheading Question 4.7
Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my HTML-mails?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.8]
+@node FAQ 4-8
@subsubheading Question 4.8
Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted mails
other deuglifications). Outlook deuglify is only available since
Gnus 5.10.
-@node [4.9]
+@node FAQ 4-9
@subsubheading Question 4.9
Is there a way to automatically ignore posts by specific
in ~/.gnus.el.
-@node [4.10]
+@node FAQ 4-10
@subsubheading Question 4.10
How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups, or
value. Hit button done at the top of the buffer when
you're ready.
-@node [4.11]
+@node FAQ 4-11
@subsubheading Question 4.11
Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to
faces. You can find detailed instructions on how to do it on
@uref{http://my.gnus.org/node/view/224, my.gnus.org}
-@node [4.12]
+@node FAQ 4-12
@subsubheading Question 4.12
The number of total messages in a group which Gnus
right again (until you delete and move your mail to other
groups again).
-@node [4.13]
+@node FAQ 4-13
@subsubheading Question 4.13
I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer, how
(gnus-add-configuration
'(article
(horizontal 1.0
- (vertical 25
- (group 1.0))
- (vertical 1.0
- (summary 0.25 point)
- (article 1.0)))))
+ (vertical 25
+ (group 1.0))
+ (vertical 1.0
+ (summary 0.25 point)
+ (article 1.0)))))
(gnus-add-configuration
'(summary
(horizontal 1.0
- (vertical 25
- (group 1.0))
- (vertical 1.0
- (summary 1.0 point)))))
+ (vertical 25
+ (group 1.0))
+ (vertical 1.0
+ (summary 1.0 point)))))
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.14]
+@node FAQ 4-14
@subsubheading Question 4.14
I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to tweak it?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.15]
+@node FAQ 4-15
@subsubheading Question 4.15
How to split incoming mails in several groups?
@example
(setq nnmail-split-methods
'(("duplicates" "^Gnus-Warning:.*duplicate")
- ("XEmacs-NT" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@xemacs.bla.*")
- ("Gnus-Tut" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@socha.bla.*")
- ("tcsh" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@mx.gw.bla.*")
- ("BAfH" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@.*uni-muenchen.bla.*")
+ ("XEmacs-NT" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@xemacs.invalid.*")
+ ("Gnus-Tut" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@socha.invalid.*")
+ ("tcsh" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@mx.gw.invalid.*")
+ ("BAfH" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@.*uni-muenchen.invalid.*")
("Hamster-src" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*hamster-sourcen@@yahoogroups.\\(de\\|com\\).*")
- ("Tagesschau" "^From: tagesschau <localpart@@www.tagesschau.bla>$")
- ("Replies" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@Frank-Schmitt.bla.*")
- ("EK" "^From:.*\\(localpart@@privateprovider.bla\\|localpart@@workplace.bla\\).*")
+ ("Tagesschau" "^From: tagesschau <localpart@@www.tagesschau.invalid>$")
+ ("Replies" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid.*")
+ ("EK" "^From:.*\\(localpart@@privateprovider.invalid\\|localpart@@workplace.invalid\\).*")
("Spam" "^Content-Type:.*\\(ks_c_5601-1987\\|EUC-KR\\|big5\\|iso-2022-jp\\).*")
("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(This really work\\|XINGA\\|ADV:\\|XXX\\|adult\\|sex\\).*")
("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(\=\?ks_c_5601-1987\?\\|\=\?euc-kr\?\\|\=\?big5\?\\).*")
("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*BulkMailer.*\\|.*MIME::Lite.*\\|\\)")
("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*CyberCreek Avalanche\\|.*http\:\/\/GetResponse\.com\\)")
("Spam" "^From:.*\\(verizon\.net\\|prontomail\.com\\|money\\|ConsumerDirect\\).*")
- ("Spam" "^Delivered-To: GMX delivery to spamtrap@@gmx.bla$")
+ ("Spam" "^Delivered-To: GMX delivery to spamtrap@@gmx.invalid$")
("Spam" "^Received: from link2buy.com")
- ("Spam" "^CC: .*azzrael@@t-online.bla")
+ ("Spam" "^CC: .*azzrael@@t-online.invalid")
("Spam" "^X-Mailer-Version: 1.50 BETA")
- ("Uni" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@uni-koblenz.bla.*")
- ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.bla\\|adress@@two.bla\\)")
+ ("Uni" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@uni-koblenz.invalid.*")
+ ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.invalid\\|adress@@two.invalid\\)")
("Spam" "")))
@end example
@noindent
@subsection Composing messages
@menu
-* [5.1]:: What are the basic commands I need to know for sending
- mail and postings?
-* [5.2]:: How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing messages?
-* [5.3]:: How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To,
- signature...?
-* [5.4]:: Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on
- the group I post too?
-* [5.5]:: Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly
- spell-checking?
-* [5.6]:: Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting
- to?
-* [5.7]:: Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't remember
- all those email addresses?
-* [5.8]:: Sometimes I see little images at the top of article
- buffer. What's that and how can I send one with my postings, too?
-* [5.9]:: Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in newsgroups.
- Can Gnus warn me, when I'm replying by mail in newsgroups?
-* [5.10]:: How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
-* [5.11]:: I want Gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and
- news, how to do it?
-* [5.12]:: People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct, why aren't
- they and how to fix it?
+* FAQ 5-1:: What are the basic commands I need to know for sending
+ mail and postings?
+* FAQ 5-2:: How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing
+ messages?
+* FAQ 5-3:: How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To,
+ signature...?
+* FAQ 5-4:: Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on
+ the group I post too?
+* FAQ 5-5:: Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly
+ spell-checking?
+* FAQ 5-6:: Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting
+ to?
+* FAQ 5-7:: Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't
+ remember all those email addresses?
+* FAQ 5-8:: Sometimes I see little images at the top of article
+ buffer. What's that and how can I send one with my postings,
+ too?
+* FAQ 5-9:: Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in
+ newsgroups. Can Gnus warn me, when I'm replying by mail in
+ newsgroups?
+* FAQ 5-10:: How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
+* FAQ 5-11:: I want Gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and
+ news, how to do it?
+* FAQ 5-12:: I want Gnus to kill the buffer after successful sending
+ instead of keeping it alive as "Sent mail to...", how to do it?
+* FAQ 5-13:: People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct, why
+ aren't they and how to fix it?
@end menu
-@node [5.1]
+@node FAQ 5-1
@subsubheading Question 5.1
What are the basic commands I need to know for sending mail and postings?
can start editing it again by saying @samp{D
e}.
-@node [5.2]
+@node FAQ 5-2
@subsubheading Question 5.2
How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing messages?
@subsubheading Answer
-Say
+Starting from No Gnus, automatic word-wrap is already enabled by
+default, see the variable message-fill-column.
+
+For other versions of Gnus, say
@example
-(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
- (lambda ()
- (setq fill-column 72)
- (turn-on-auto-fill)))
+(unless (boundp 'message-fill-column)
+ (add-hook 'message-mode-hook
+ (lambda ()
+ (setq fill-column 72)
+ (turn-on-auto-fill))))
@end example
@noindent
-in ~/.gnus.el. You can reformat a paragraph by hitting
-@samp{M-q} (as usual)
+in ~/.gnus.el.
+
+You can reformat a paragraph by hitting @samp{M-q}
+(as usual).
-@node [5.3]
+@node FAQ 5-3
@subsubheading Question 5.3
How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To, signature...?
(setq gnus-posting-styles
'((".*"
(name "Frank Schmitt")
- (address "me@@there.bla")
+ (address "me@@there.invalid")
(organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
(signature-file "~/.signature")
("X-SampleHeader" "foobar")
then the function foo will be evaluated with argument bar
and the result will be thrown away.
-@node [5.4]
+@node FAQ 5-4
@subsubheading Question 5.4
Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on the group I post too?
@example
(setq gnus-posting-styles
- '((".*" ;;default
- (name "Frank Schmitt")
- (organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
- (signature-file "~/.signature") )
- ((message-news-p) ;;Usenet news?
- (address "mySpamTrap@@Frank-Schmitt.bla")
- ("Reply-To" "hereRealRepliesOnlyPlease@@Frank-Schmitt.bla") )
- ((message-mail-p) ;;mail?
- (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.bla") )
- ("^gmane" ;;this is mail, too in fact
- (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.net")
- ("Reply-To" nil) )
- ("^gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general$"
- (eval (setq mail-envelope-from "Azzrael@@rz-online.de"))
- (address "Azzrael@@rz-online.de")) ))
-@end example
-@noindent
-
-@node [5.5]
+ '((".*" ;;default
+ (name "Frank Schmitt")
+ (organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
+ (signature-file "~/.signature"))
+ ((message-news-p) ;;Usenet news?
+ (address "mySpamTrap@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid")
+ (reply-to "hereRealRepliesOnlyPlease@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid"))
+ ((message-mail-p) ;;mail?
+ (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid"))
+ ("^gmane" ;;this is mail, too in fact
+ (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid")
+ (reply-to nil))
+ ("^gmane\\.mail\\.spam\\.spamassassin\\.general$"
+ (eval (set (make-local-variable 'message-sendmail-envelope-from)
+ "Azzrael@@rz-online.de")))))
+@end example
+@noindent
+
+@node FAQ 5-5
@subsubheading Question 5.5
Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly spell-checking?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.6]
+@node FAQ 5-6
@subsubheading Question 5.6
Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting to?
in ~/.gnus.el. Change "^de\\." and "deutsch8" to something
that suits your needs.
-@node [5.7]
+@node FAQ 5-7
@subsubheading Question 5.7
Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't remember
alias syntax:
@example
-alias al "Al <al@@english-heritage.bla>"
+alias al "Al <al@@english-heritage.invalid>"
@end example
@noindent
(setq bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil)
;;Tell bbdb about your email address:
(setq bbdb-user-mail-names
- (regexp-opt '("Your.Email@@here.bla"
- "Your.other@@mail.there.bla")))
+ (regexp-opt '("Your.Email@@here.invalid"
+ "Your.other@@mail.there.invalid")))
;;cycling while completing email addresses
(setq bbdb-complete-name-allow-cycling t)
;;No popup-buffers
hit @samp{TAB} to cycle through know
recipients.
-@node [5.8]
+@node FAQ 5-8
@subsubheading Question 5.8
Sometimes I see little images at the top of article
(setq message-default-headers
(with-temp-buffer
(insert "X-Face: ")
- (insert-file-contents "~/.xemacs/xface")
+ (insert-file-contents "~/.xface")
(buffer-string)))
@end example
@noindent
-in ~/.gnus.el.
+in ~/.gnus.el. If you use Gnus 5.10, you can simply add an entry
+
+@example
+(x-face-file "~/.xface")
+@end example
+@noindent
+
+to gnus-posting-styles.
-@node [5.9]
+@node FAQ 5-9
@subsubheading Question 5.9
Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.10]
+@node FAQ 5-10
@subsubheading Question 5.10
How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.11]
+@node FAQ 5-11
@subsubheading Question 5.11
I want Gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and
@example
(setq gnus-message-archive-group
- '((if (message-news-p)
- "nnml:Send-News"
- "nnml:Send-Mail")))
+ '((if (message-news-p)
+ "nnml:Send-News"
+ "nnml:Send-Mail")))
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.12]
+@node FAQ 5-12
@subsubheading Question 5.12
+I want Gnus to kill the buffer after successful sending instead of keeping
+it alive as "Sent mail to...", how to do it?
+
+@subsubheading Answer
+
+Add this to your ~/.gnus:
+
+@example
+(setq message-kill-buffer-on-exit t)
+@end example
+@noindent
+
+@node FAQ 5-13
+@subsubheading Question 5.13
+
People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct, why
aren't they and how to fix it?
@end example
@noindent
-in ~/.gnus.el. If you use Gnus 5.9 or ealier, you can use this
-instead (works for newer versions a well):
+in ~/.gnus.el. If you use Gnus 5.9 or earlier, you can use this
+instead (works for newer versions as well):
@example
(eval-after-load "message"
yourUserName.userfqdn.provider.net, or you can use
somethingUnique.yourdomain.tld if you own the domain
yourdomain.tld, or you can register at a service which
-gives private users a FQDN for free, e.g.
-@uref{http://www.stura.tu-freiberg.de/~dlx/addfqdn.html}.
-(Sorry but this website is in German, if you know of an
-English one offering the same, drop me a note).
+gives private users a FQDN for free.
Finally you can tell Gnus not to generate a Message-ID
for News at all (and letting the server do the job) by saying
@subsection Old messages
@menu
-* [6.1]:: How to import my old mail into Gnus?
-* [6.2]:: How to archive interesting messages?
-* [6.3]:: How to search for a specific message?
-* [6.4]:: How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
-* [6.5]:: I want that all read messages are expired (at least in some
- groups). How to do it?
-* [6.6]:: I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move them
- to another group.
+* FAQ 6-1:: How to import my old mail into Gnus?
+* FAQ 6-2:: How to archive interesting messages?
+* FAQ 6-3:: How to search for a specific message?
+* FAQ 6-4:: How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
+* FAQ 6-5:: I want that all read messages are expired (at least in
+ some groups). How to do it?
+* FAQ 6-6:: I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move
+ them to another group.
@end menu
-@node [6.1]
+@node FAQ 6-1
@subsubheading Question 6.1
How to import my old mail into Gnus?
through nnmail-split-methods (respool them) by saying
@samp{B r}.
-@node [6.2]
+@node FAQ 6-2
@subsubheading Question 6.2
How to archive interesting messages?
mark for articles you want to keep, setting the read
mark will remove them from cache.
-@node [6.3]
+@node FAQ 6-3
@subsubheading Question 6.3
How to search for a specific message?
or @uref{ftp://ftp.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de/pub/src/emacs/}.
Instructions on how to use it are at the top of the file.
-@node [6.4]
+@node FAQ 6-4
@subsubheading Question 6.4
How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
expirable before and if they are old enough (default is
older than a week) they are deleted.
-@node [6.5]
+@node FAQ 6-5
@subsubheading Question 6.5
I want that all read messages are expired (at least in
can also set the read mark (hit
@samp{d}).
-@node [6.6]
+@node FAQ 6-6
@subsubheading Question 6.6
I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move them
@subsection Gnus in a dial-up environment
@menu
-* [7.1]:: I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can I
- minimize the time I've got to be connected?
-* [7.2]:: So what was this thing about the Agent?
-* [7.3]:: I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do it?
-* [7.4]:: How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings while
- I'm offline?
+* FAQ 7-1:: I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can I
+ minimize the time I've got to be connected?
+* FAQ 7-2:: So what was this thing about the Agent?
+* FAQ 7-3:: I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do
+ it?
+* FAQ 7-4:: How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings
+ while I'm offline?
@end menu
-@node [7.1]
+@node FAQ 7-1
@subsubheading Question 7.1
I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can
respectively POP3 or IMAP. It also includes a smtp
server for receiving mails from Gnus.
-@node [7.2]
+@node FAQ 7-2
@subsubheading Question 7.2
So what was this thing about the Agent?
server, the headers will be stored on disk and read from
there the next time you enter the group.
-@node [7.3]
+@node FAQ 7-3
@subsubheading Question 7.3
I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do it?
server. Depending on the volume of headers, the initial
fetch session could take hours.
-@node [7.4]
+@node FAQ 7-4
@subsubheading Question 7.4
How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings
@subsection Getting help
@menu
-* [8.1]:: How to find information and help inside Emacs?
-* [8.2]:: I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X (e.g.
- attachments, PGP, MIME...), is it not documented?
-* [8.3]:: Which websites should I know?
-* [8.4]:: Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
-* [8.5]:: Where to report bugs?
-* [8.6]:: I need real-time help, where to find it?
+* FAQ 8-1:: How to find information and help inside Emacs?
+* FAQ 8-2:: I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X (e.g.
+ attachments, PGP, MIME...), is it not documented?
+* FAQ 8-3:: Which websites should I know?
+* FAQ 8-4:: Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
+* FAQ 8-5:: Where to report bugs?
+* FAQ 8-6:: I need real-time help, where to find it?
@end menu
-@node [8.1]
+@node FAQ 8-1
@subsubheading Question 8.1
How to find information and help inside Emacs?
search through all available functions and @samp{M-x
apropos} searches the bound variables.
-@node [8.2]
+@node FAQ 8-2
@subsubheading Question 8.2
I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X
different info files, you should have a look in those
manuals, too.
-@node [8.3]
+@node FAQ 8-3
@subsubheading Question 8.3
Which websites should I know?
Tell me about other sites which are interesting.
-@node [8.4]
+@node FAQ 8-4
@subsubheading Question 8.4
Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
@subsubheading Answer
-There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus (pull it from
-e.g. news.gnus.org) which deals with general questions and the
-ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) dealing with development of
-Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
-gmane.emacs.gnus.general from news.gmane.org.
+There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus (also available as
+@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user,
+gmane.emacs.gnus.user}) which deals with general Gnus
+questions. If you have questions about development versions of
+Gnus, you should better ask on the ding mailing list, see below.
If you want to stay in the big8,
-news.software.newssreaders is also read by some Gnus
+news.software.readers is also read by some Gnus
users (but chances for qualified help are much better in
-the above groups) and if you speak German, there's
+the above groups). If you speak German, there's
de.comm.software.gnus.
-@node [8.5]
+The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of
+Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
+@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general,
+gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org.
+
+@node FAQ 8-5
@subsubheading Question 8.5
Where to report bugs?
including information about your environment which make
it easier to help you.
-@node [8.6]
+@node FAQ 8-6
@subsubheading Question 8.6
I need real-time help, where to find it?
@subsubheading Answer
-Point your IRC client to irc.my.gnus.org channel
-#mygnus. Don't be afraid if people there speak German,
-they are willing and capable of switching to
-English when people from outside Germany enter.
+Point your IRC client to irc.freenode.net, channel #gnus.
@node FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus
@subsection Tuning Gnus
@menu
-* [9.1]:: Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
-* [9.2]:: How to speed up the process of entering a group?
-* [9.3]:: Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
+* FAQ 9-1:: Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
+* FAQ 9-2:: How to speed up the process of entering a group?
+* FAQ 9-3:: Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
@end menu
-@node [9.1]
+@node FAQ 9-1
@subsubheading Question 9.1
Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
it's loaded when it's needed.
-@node [9.2]
+@node FAQ 9-2
@subsubheading Question 9.2
How to speed up the process of entering a group?
5.10 since there quite some work on improving it has
been done.
-@node [9.3]
+@node FAQ 9-3
@subsubheading Question 9.3
Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
use to read and write Usenet news.
@end table
-
-@ignore
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-@end ignore
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